Technical Debt Engineer (Software Sustainment)

Location: Remote (United States)

Company

hirify.global contributes software, hardware, and mission expertise to Lyntris, a defense technology company supporting U.S. and allied defense organizations across space, air, land, sea, and cyber domains.

What you will do

• Debug, analyze, and resolve complex defects, performance bottlenecks, reliability concerns, and integration issues across large-scale distributed software systems.
• Refactor legacy software to improve maintainability, modularity, extensibility, testability, and long-term sustainability while preserving existing functionality.
• Identify, prioritize, and remediate technical debt with engineering teams and program leadership while maintaining delivery schedules.
• Improve software quality through static analysis, automated testing, code reviews, performance optimization, and modern engineering practices.
• Develop and optimize CI/CD pipelines, automated build, test, deployment, integration, verification, validation, configuration management, and release processes.
• Collaborate with developers, systems engineers, architects, and government stakeholders; document changes, remediation efforts, and engineering recommendations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years of experience debugging, refactoring, and sustaining complex software systems in defense, aerospace, or other mission-critical environments.
• Strong proficiency in software debugging, root cause analysis, performance optimization, code quality improvement, and AI-assisted development tools where appropriate.
• Experience refactoring legacy codebases to improve maintainability, modularity, extensibility, and testability.
• Strong proficiency with SonarQube, GitLab CI/CD, automated testing, containerized development environments, and related DevOps practices.
• Strong proficiency with CMake, Conan, Maven, Poetry, and NPM for multi-language build environments.
• Experience developing or sustaining large-scale distributed systems using ActiveMQ, DDS, ZeroMQ, or similar messaging frameworks.
• Experience diagnosing and resolving integration and interoperability issues using standards-based interfaces and APIs.
• Ability to collaborate with software developers, systems engineers, architects, and government stakeholders while maintaining program schedules; strong analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Department of Defense security clearance; candidates must be U.S. citizens and possess or obtain the required U.S. national-security eligibility.
• Ability to work prolonged periods at a desk and lift up to 15 pounds.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree or PhD in a related technical discipline.
• Experience systematically resolving technical debt while preserving functional behavior and architectural compliance.
• Knowledge of autonomy and robotics integration, mission planning, task allocation, and command-and-control architectures.
• Experience with SysML architecture models, Interface Control Documents, and software requirements.
• Experience with rootless Podman, Git, CI/CD, automated testing, and containerized software development environments.
• Strong C++ proficiency; proficiency in Java, Python, or TypeScript.
• Experience supporting defense, aerospace, or highly regulated software programs; active-duty military experience.
• Active U.S. national security clearance.

Culture & Benefits

• Salaried full-time employment supporting defense and mission-critical programs.
• Paid time off and paid company holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, with optional HSA and FSA.
• Base and voluntary life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, and an employee assistance program.
• 401(k) matching and an equal-opportunity employment environment.